July 1999 / The Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston denies allegations in two recent issues of The Wanderer. Most Reverend Joseph Fiorenza says accusations made in the articles involving him are total fabrications. . . One of the articles concerns a lawsuit alleging that Bishop Fiorenza protected a known pedophile . . . even though he knew Fr. David Holley was a perpetrator. READ ARTICLE ON PDF
1997 | Documents Show Bishops Transferred Known Abuser
August 1997 | DALLAS MORNING NEWS – By Brooks Egerton — “A National Conference of Catholic Bishops leader and several other top clerics knowingly allowed a child-molesting priest to work for at least 20 years in Massachusetts, New Mexico, West Texas and Colorado, their correspondence shows. Repeated transfers of the now imprisoned Rev. David Holley provide a case-study in how bishops have cooperated to protect pedophiles in the priesthood.” READ REPORT ON PDF
1997 | Path of a Pedophile Priest (Excerpts from Bishops’ Letters in Holley case)
August 1997 | DALLAS MORNING NEWS – “Top Catholic officials knowingly allowed the Rev. David A. Holley to work in more than a dozen parishes or hospitals in Massachusetts, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado according to church documents reviewed by The Dallas Morning News. Here are excerpts from their correspondence about or with Fr. Holley.”
1996 | Letter from Imprisoned Priest David Holley, re: Phil Saviano
Reporter Colleen Hield at the Albuquerque Journal sent the November 1995 Boston Globe news story about my being sick, and refusing to sign a confidentiality agreement to Fr. Holley in his New Mexico prison. This is his response to her, written in February 1996. Regarding my having AIDS, he wrote, “The age of miracles is not over.”READ LETTER PDF
1993 | NEWSWEEK: Sex and the Church
August 1993 | Newsweek’s first cover issue devoted to the Catholic Church sex abuse problem profiles several priests, including Fr. David Holley, a priest accused of molesting children in Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Texas. READ ARTICLE ON PDF
1993 | Former Priest Receives Maximum Punishment
June 1993 | ALAMOGORDO DAILY NEWS – “Former Roman Catholic Priest David A. Holley was sentenced to the maximum term in prison Friday for the sexual abuse of eight Alamogordo boys during the early 1970s. . . Five of the victims, now men in their 30s, asked to court to be allowed to speak during the hearing.” READ REPORT ON PDF
1993 | Holley Sentenced to 275-Year Prison Term in New Mexico
June 1993 | AP / EL PASO TIMES – A retired Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to 275 years in prison for molesting eight boys in Alamogordo more than 20 years ago. David Holley showed no emotion as Judge Robert Doughty handed down the maximum sentence. READ ARTICLE ON PDF (AP report published in the Boston Globe)
1993 | Fr. Holley Victims Plan Abuse Suit Against Worcester Diocese
April 1993 | BOSTON GLOBE – Four Holley victims file sex abuse lawsuit against the Worcester Diocese. The case is believed to be the first such lawsuit against the Catholic Church to be filed in Boston courts. READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON PDF
1993 | Four Men to Sue Worcester Diocese
April 1993 | TELEGRAM AND GAZETTE – Worcester, MA newspaper coverage of clergy abuse lawsuit brought by Phil Saviano and three other Fr. Holley victims. “Four men are seeking damages from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, alleging it failed to prevent the Rev. David A. Holley from sexually assaulting them in the 1960s.”
1993 | Catholic Crisis: Abuse by Priests
FEBRUARY 1993 | USAToday — When Phil Saviano was 12, he says, the local Catholic priest in East Douglas, MA showed him pornography in the church choir loft and made Saviano perform a sex act on him. That was 1964. READ STORY ON PDF